Principal Engineer-Product and Network Validation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Bengaluru, India seeks Principal Engineer-Product and Network Validation to lead customer-focused testing of networking products. This onsite role expects office-based work with strong ownership of validation outcomes.

The candidate will develop expertise in EVPN-VXLAN, L2/L3 protocols, and automation, and will work with internal and external partners to deliver high-quality solutions for enterprise campus networks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IS/EE or equivalent.
• 15+ years of networking experience with hands-on Routing and Switching (eVPN-VxLAN, DCI, etc.).
• Strong ownership mindset for validation across Legacy and eVPN-VXLAN deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design updates and programming changes for portions of systems software and networking tools.
• Analyze design and plan coding and integration activities per objectives.
• Execute and document test plans; debug code and suggest improvements.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.
• Communicate design status and resolve issues with stakeholders.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

L2/L3 protocols

Automation testing

Python scripting

Go scripting

Spirent/Ixia testing

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS/IS/EE

Tools

Spirent

Ixia

Python

Pytest

Go

Job description

Principal Engineer-Product and Network Validation

This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do:

Responsible for providing solid support of Networking Products that involve customer-specific tests for a release, product, and solution. This role requires to develop and maintain expertise on the products deployed within the Specific Customer Networks. This senior level role seeks candidates having strong expertise in networking fundamentals, L2/L3 protocols and hands on experience in both manual & automation of multi-dimensional scaled solutions testing. In addition, the role also requires very strong ownership mindset and subject matter expertise in driving outcomes wrt to solution validation and accountability.

Responsibilities:

• Designs limited enhancements, updates, and programming changes for portions and subsystems of systems software, including operating systems, compliers, networking, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools.
• Analyzes design and determines coding, programming, and integration activities required based on specific objectives and established project guidelines.
• Executes and writes portions of testing plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned portion of application; identifies and debugs issues with code and suggests changes or improvements.
• Participates as a member of project team of other software systems engineers and internal and outsourced development partners to develop reliable, cost effective and high quality solutions for assigned systems portion or subsystem.
• Collaborates and communicates with internal and outsourced development partners regarding software systems design status, project progress, and issue resolution.

What You Need to Bring:

Education and Experience Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electronics, Electrical or equivalent.
• Typically 15 years strong experience in networking with proven hands-on experience in Routing and Switching areas across eVPN-VxLAN, DCI, Aggregation, Collapsed core/Aggregation based NW deployment designs
• Strong ownership mindset to be accountable for solution and feature validation and owning customer requirements and use cases across Legacy and eVPN-VxLAN based deployments in Enterprise campus business for both wired and wireless architecture

Knowledge and Skills:

Internet Protocols: TCP, UDP, IPv4/IPv6
Domain Knowledge: Enterprise Campus and Data Centre Technologies and AI/ML Data Center Network Technologies
Networking Protocols: BGP, OSPF/ISIS, ARP, VLANS, MPLS, L3VPN, MC-LAG, LACP, L2VPN, VPLS, Multicast, NGMVPN, EVPN-VXLAN, GRE, IPSec, NAT, HTTP, NetConf, OISM, GBP, Firewall/ACL, Access Security/DHCP/Dot1x etc.
Layer 2 technologies, Spanning Tree, LAG, MC-LAG, Virtual Chassis, CLOS Architecture, HA Design Concepts, EVPN
Test Knowledge: Own Test Plans and Test Execution, Understanding of Complex Customer Networks for detailed use case analysis and validation.
Automation: Proven experience in automated test execution, ability to debug automation failures, and narrow down software issues from test results and logs.
Knowledge in Python/Pytest/Go or any other scripting language.
Expertise in use of networking test equipment like Spirent and Ixia, including automation.
Experience on wireless simulators will be an added advantage.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English and local language.
Ability to effectively communicate design proposals and negotiate options with Senior engineers and leadership.

Accessibility

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What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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